Toy circus



@Honing WDUNZU L. M. LATTA.

l ToY cmcus. APPUCATION FILED MAR. 8| 1921.

Patented Jan. 31, 1922,

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

L. M. LATTA.

TOY CIRCUS.

APPLICATION FILED MAII. 8, 192|.

1,405,047, l Patented m1311922.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3-` i Louis M. LATTA, or iNDrAnoLA, iowa.

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Tol @ZZ whom' t may concern .'BeV it known that l, Louis 'rLixT'rm'la' citizen of the United Statesfresiding at Indianola, .in the county of Waiizen'and State of Iowa, have invented certain -new and useful Improvements in Toy Circus, of

which the following is a. speciiication.

: My invention relates vto toys,and has i' particular reference to a toy circus, Yor ele! ments thereof. A,An important object oi' theinvention is to provideV a device` Ao1? the above mentioned character,A adapted toV be cut or stamped from Va sheet, such as cardboard, sheet metalV or vthe like, and` which is accordingly inet; pensive to manufacture. L

A further object of the invention is to provide a simulation or representation of a toy circus cage, having means whereby a child may select different animals, formed from paper or the like, and vsecure them upon the cage, and produce the effect or appear'- ance that` the animals are behind the bars ofthecage.l 1

A further object 4ot the invention lis to` provide a simulation ory representation or' a wheeled 'circus cagevof the above mentioned Icharacter, embodying a body portion, and` a cover member'which may be readily. re-v moved therefrom, to exhibit the animals within the cage.

Otherfobjects andi-advantages of tlienv I., vention will be apparent in the course ot' the following description.

In theaccompanying drawings toi-ming a part of this specification and kin'wli'ich'like numerals-,are `employed to Vdesignate like 5 partsthroughout" the same,

; member-removed, sho-wing animals secured- Figure 1 is aside elevation Yoi? atoy circus cage', embodyingmy invention, with the cover .member inplace,

1 Figure 2 is a similar .view,with the'cover tothe cage,

`Figure 3 is a transverse section taken on line 3 3 of Figure 2, 1 f- Figure Ll isa side elevation ofthe circus cage, before the animals are applied thereto,

Figure f5v isi-a side elevation of one of the animals, showingv a form of attaching means,

Figure Gis a similar view of a different animal,Y

Fi ire 7 isa perspectiveviewofthe cover mem er,

Figure 8 is a side elevation of a dierent Specification of'Letters Patent.

Application inea Marcus, 192i. serial No. 4513524. t

In the drawings wherein'for 4the purpose 1 forniot vehicle embodying the invention,

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`Figure -9 is a sideelevationo vthe cover. member.

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of illustration are shownpreferred enibodi-v i Y mentsvof. my invention, the numeral 110'des Vv ignatesa blank or sheet, `.which maybe f formed or" cardboard, paper, sheet `lmetal, 'or any suitable material. Thissheet i's'-p retery ably out or stamped tofform the bodyportion 11 of a circuscage, *having wheels yl2,

fitthe top ofthe body porti'o-n'll there'is a centralprojection or dome 13. At the rear [end of the body portion there' is an upwardly extendingelement 14, 'simulating awliag,

while the numerallA designates afseat. A It is to be understood that the several elements are stamped from a'lsingle sheet.

The numeral 16 designates horses and 17 a driver, these elements being stamped from a single sheet.' The driver may be' placed upon the seat 1 5 and thehorses placed in 'I position' infront of the'V cage, whereby the entire device will simulate the horse-drawn circus cage. The driver 17 may be ormed'- may be formed integral with the 'seat '15, as desired. t*

'In .order that the'y device further 'integral withthe harness o1 the horses orhe n closely'simulate the ordinary circuscage, l provide a cover member18, Figs.' l and 7 1 having Va yoke 19, which isfo'ldable longitudinally upon line y20. This lyoke has alongitudinal slot 21, tofreceive thefdome 13. f

The lcover member 18 has an eXtensionQQ, adapted to cover the Hag V14. VThe cover member 18 and the yoke 19 are stamped frein a single sheet, such vas cardboard, pa` per, sheet metal or the like. When the cover member is placed upon lthe bodyportion 1l of the cage, the dome lfprojects through,v

the slot 21h15' the yoke 19, whiehi's. then.`

folded' downwardly, thel dome ,contacting with `the end 'wallsfof the slot 2t', lwhereby the covery inember'is securely-held against longitudinal displaL'cem'ent.` f

As more clearlyshown in 4 the bodyv portion 11y 'of the cage has. vertical lines23 thereon, which may be produced by printing, painting or the like. These lines extend Vfrom the top tothe .bottom of the plain surface of the body portion 11, as shown. These lines simulate the iron bars of the cage; As shown in Fig-l 2, the numeral Q4 designates animals, appearing to be within the cage. I

' as an elephant.

glue or prefer to torni these animals separate, the same being made from sheets, cut into the desired shape. These animals may be out from paper, cardboard, sheet metal or the like, each animal having printed or otherwise Vformed thereon, lines 23,', which are vertical, and equi-distant1y spaced. The lines 23 are also vertical and equi-distantly spaced, and the lines 23 and 23 are thereby adapted to register, when the animal 24 is placed upon the side of the body portion ll. By these'means, the separate animals may be placed upon the body portion` l1, and by virtue or the registration of the lines, simu-- lating the bars, the animal will appear to be placed within the cage behind the bars. In Fi 2, the animals are shown as sea lions. In Fig. 6, the animal 25 designates an animal cut from a sheet, and having the vertical bars 23 thereon. This animal is illustrated The separate animals cut from the sheet, may be applied to the body portion l1, and permanently secured thereto by glue or paste,-or the animal may be detacha bly secured to the body portion ll. ln Fig. 5, l have shown an animal 2T, cut 'from a sheet, and having the bars 23 printed .y thereon. This animal is adapted to be detachably secured to the body portion l1, and for this purpose it is shownas provided with tongues 28, integral therewith, which tongues may be secured to the body ll by paste, or the tongues may be bent inwardly and the body 1l 'provided with short slits, to receive the tongues 28. The slits would preferably be made after the animal has been applied to the body portion 1l, so that the bars 23 would register with the bars 23. These slits may be readily made with a knife, at the proper different points, and Vif they ai'e carefully made, when the animal is removed from vthe body portion l, they would ,not be noticeable to any. con- `siderable extent. Any suitable means may be employed to detachably secure the animals to the body portion 1]. of the cage.

In Figs. 8 and 9, I have shown a vehicle 2f), cut or stamped `from a sheet, such as paper, cardboard sheet metal or the like. This vehicle is shaped yand printed to simulate a wheeled cookwagon, used in a circus. The wagon haswheels 30 and stacks or pipes 32p`rojecting above the body portion ofthe wagon. The several elements are of course stamped from the same sheet.

Thenumeral 33 designates a cover member, having a yoke 34;, foldable longitudinally upon lines 35, and having slots 36, re-

are to be taken as preferred examples of the same, and that variousY changes in the shape,V

size, and arrangement of parts may be ree j sorted to without departing from the spirit` or my invention or the scope of the sub-v joined claims.

Having thus described my invention,:l claim: Y' y l. A. substantially flat blank cut and marked said blank having an extension atits upper end, and a cover member for said blank,V

said (over member embodying arsubstanftially flat sheet yadapted to Contact -witl'i the major portion of the front faceoi'mthe blank, said cover member having a. yoke integral with its upper end and folded longitudinally thereon, said yoke having a slot to receive the extension whereby the.

cover .member is held against longitudinal displacement when placed upon the blank.

2. A toy circus cage comprising a body portion formed from a sheet, said body portion having substantially vertical bars printed' thereon and extending from the top to the bottom of the body portion, and an animal cut from a sheet and adaptedto be applied toY the body portion over said bars, said animal having vertical bars formed thereon and adapted for registration with the first 'namedbars, whereby the animal may be'placed in a selected position and it will appear .that the animal is Within tliercage behindthe bars. 1

to simulate one side of a vehicle',V

A toy circus cage comprising a'body portion 'formed from a sheet, vsaid body porl I tion having spaced .lines thereon simulating the bars of a cage, and a plurality orlanimals adapted to be arranged upon the surface of' the body portion, each animal beingfcut from a sheet and provided .with spaced lines simulating the bars of the cage, the lines on each animalbeing adapted for registration with the lines on said body portion whereby it appears that the animal is behind the bars within the cage.

In testimony whereof I havealiixed'my signature,

Louis M. LATTA, Y i 

